Monthly Archives: January 2010

Le Déluge

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Gaius

Even the Wizard of O and his munchkin minions know they are in real trouble: In other words, if people measure us against perfection, we will fall short. But people won’t be measuring Obama and Democrats against perfection; they will … Continue reading →

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Why Scott Brown Should Win

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Gaius

Via Bird Dog at Maggies Farm. Tweet

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Imagining Or Inventing New Jobs Isn’t Working

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Gaius

None other than the Associated Press determines that the Wizard of O’s much touted “stimulus” bill did nothing – not a thing – for unemployment: A federal spending surge of more than $20 billion for roads and bridges in President … Continue reading →

Posted in Economy, Obamantics | 3 Comments

Killing The Recovery

Posted on January 11, 2010 by Gaius

Charles Gasparino notices what a lot of of have been saying all along: Barack Obama’s policies are killing whatever chance the economy has for any real recovery: If the president wasn’t so busy looking to score cheap political points when … Continue reading →

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Freezing In The Dark

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Gaius

Dominic Lawson in The Sunday Times: Now, almost a generation later, we face another election in which the main parties are united in a single masochistic view: that the nation must cut its carbon emissions by 80% — this is … Continue reading →

Posted in Energy, Environment, Obamantics | 4 Comments

Green, Red, Is There Really A Difference?

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Gaius

Juxtaposing a couple of headlines makes one wonder. Obama to create 17,000 green jobs. What’s a green job? President Obama announced $2.3 billion in federal tax credits on Friday, which he said would create 17,000 new “green” jobs. Which is … Continue reading →

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Lies, Damned Lies And Unemployment Numbers

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Gaius

Why things are different than the “conventional wisdom” that is being spewed by some in the media: The game changed. Had the labor force not decreased by 661,000 last month, the jobless rate would have been 10.4 percent, according to … Continue reading →

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Corruption

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Gaius

The dirty little secrets of ObamaCare: In this case, the special favors and vote-buying are so gaudy that some of the corrupt deals even have their own names: the “Cornhusker Kickback” and the “Louisiana Purchase.” In order to squeak by … Continue reading →

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The Disaster For The Democrats?

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Gaius

Well, James Pethokoukis thinks the December jobs report is a stone disaster for the Democrats: 4. Then will come the second-take stories that will notice the shrinking labor force, which dropped by nearly 700,000 from November. Had it stayed stable … Continue reading →

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Blind, Blind, Blind

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Gaius

CNN has a “senior writer” explain the cheerful news that 85,000 more jobs were lost. Pollyanna would be proud. Still, it wasn’t all bad news.  Temporary hiring, typically an early indicator of a turnaround in the job market, continued to … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Economy, Obamantics | 10 Comments

Practice Makes Perfect

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Gaius

The GOP Mascot Precision Drill Team practices their 2010 election signature routine, the Donkey Stomp. Tweet

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Windows 7 GodMode

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Gaius

I have no clue why this exists, nor does Ina Fried at CNET where I read about this feature in Windows 7. The so-called GodMode appears to pull every, single configurable setting for W7 into one handy-dandy file. I will … Continue reading →

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Kamikaze Iguanas!

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Gaius

They’re dropping like – well – iguanas in South Florida! Scientists said these seemingly suicidal lizards are a result of South Florida’s record cold weather. Iguanas prefer temperatures in the 80s and 90s. With Wednesday morning’s temperatures at around 35 … Continue reading →

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Unemployment Up

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Gaius

The cheerful chirping of the Wizard of O’s munchkin chorus singing that we’re out of the woods economically sounded a bit more strained today: There were 434,000 initial jobless claims filed in the week ended Jan. 2, up 1,000 from … Continue reading →

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Cold Irony

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Gaius

As of the writing of this post it is colder in Northern Florida (25°F) than it is at McMurdo Station, Antarctica (26°F). Time to head South to get warm. Really, really South. Tweet

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